Other than the Ratel Command — equipped with a turret that housed a Browning 12.7mm heavy machine gun in addition to the coaxial 7.62m — the other major sub-variant of this ICV to see action during the Cuito Cuanavale campaign was the Ratel 90. This mounted a turret with a low-velocity 90mm gun, identical to the earlier Eland-90. The necessity to make room for more rounds of the bigger ammunition also resulted in a reduction to seven in the number of passengers it could carry. The Ratel 90 was primarily used as a fire-support vehicle, but — and while not designed for the anti-tank role — it also successfully engaged Angolan tanks: due to the thick bush, most such clashes were fought at, or almost at, point blank range. As far as is known, all the Ratel 90s deployed during the campaigns of 1987-1988 were painted in mid-stone overall, but no specific insignia worn by them is known. (Artwork by David Bocquelet)